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FreedomWorks Draws Hundreds for Anti-Common Core Training and Protest

This past weekend in Orlando, Florida, FreedomWorks held a training and protest revolving around the Common Core standards. The event was held at the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Hotel, which of course was not the original venue.

Nonetheless, this did not dissuade activists from attending the FreedomWorks event. Activists appeared from across the region, including central Florida, Tennesse, North Carolina, and Georgia. The ballroom at the hotel had originally been arranged to accommodate approximately 150 people. However, more than 200 freedom-loving individuals crowded the room, wanting to learn more about the negative impacts of Common Core Standards.

The training, led by FreedomWorks’ Director of Grassroots Whitney Neal, discussed the special-interest origins of Common Core, its limitations, and what can be done to stop it. Equipping the grassroots with the necessary tools and facts is the key to empowering them. This will help as they mobilize to contact their lawmakers, who are introducing PAUSE legislation which would put a hold on implementing the Common Core.

After the training, the activists made their way to protest the National Conference on College and Common Core Standards, which was holding its event at the JW Marriot. This was organized by the group Florida Parents Against Common Core. Outside the venue, pouring rain and humidity did not deter the protesters. Several media outlets were in attendance, which included the Orlando Sentinel, Fox News Radio and ABC.

FreedomWorks is fighting every day to educate activists to learn more about Common Core and to encourage them to educate legislators. To find out more information and get involved, please visit CommonCoreFails.com

Washington, DC- Following news that a Louisiana District judge overruled Governor Jindal's attempt to overturn Common Core for reasons of "irreparable harm" to those who have been preparing for the changes, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe released the following statement:

Although few now dispute that the American education system is hopelessly broken, the reasons for this, as well as what we should do about, remain the subject of much disagreement. On one side, there are the regulators who argue that all of the problems with education can be explained by rules that are too loose. In the view of the bureaucrats at the Department of Education, a lack of stringent enough standards are all that ails American schools.

Senator Ted Cruz took the Senate floor to demand the Department of Justice (DoJ) appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If Attorney General Eric Holder fails to do so, Cruz maintained that he should be impeached for failing to enforce the law.

FreedomWorks is mobilizing its membership to urge Rep. Raúl Labrador (ID-1) to run for House Majority Leader, following Eric Cantor’s resignation after his primary upset. Activists are calling on Rep. Labrador to run, as well as contacting their representatives in the House to support him. The leadership election will be on June 19, with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) currently the only one in the race.

In the final days before the deadline to sign HB 3399, FreedomWorks grassroots activists are sending thousands of messages to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to repeal Common Core in Oklahoma. The fate of education in Oklahoma rests in Governor Fallin’s hands, who needs to sign HB 3399 into law to stop the federal takeover of education.

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli addressed the assembly at FreePAC Kentucky 2014. Cuccinelli is helping FreedomWorks and Senator Rand Paul sue the federal government to protect the privacy of all Americans against the massive NSA domestic spying program.

Having already saddled college students with mountains of debt and ensuring that they will be unable to find jobs when they finally do graduate, the Obama administration has turned its attention towards the pre-kindergarten crowd. In his FY 2015 budget the president requested $750 million to expand the federal government’s role in preschool provision for the nation’s youngsters. This effort is right in line with what Democratic Senators have been trying to accomplish through legislation.